From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 73577 invoked by alias); 6 Apr 2015 21:57:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 73562 invoked by uid 89); 6 Apr 2015 21:57:38 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-qg0-f54.google.com Received: from mail-qg0-f54.google.com (HELO mail-qg0-f54.google.com) (209.85.192.54) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:57:37 +0000 Received: by qgej70 with SMTP id j70so16422724qge.2 for ; Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:57:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.165.198 with SMTP id l189mr20708796qhl.93.1428357455484; Mon, 06 Apr 2015 14:57:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.119.10 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Apr 2015 14:57:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83fv8djhp0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1427887341-31819-1-git-send-email-gbenson@redhat.com> <1427887341-31819-6-git-send-email-gbenson@redhat.com> <834mozsxtq.fsf@gnu.org> <83fv8djhp0.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 21:57:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] Implement remote_pid_to_exec_file using qXfer:exec-file:read From: Doug Evans To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: Gary Benson , "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-04/txt/msg00175.txt.bz2 On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Doug Evans >> Cc: Gary Benson , gdb-patches@sourceware.org >> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:00:08 -0700 >> >> Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >> >> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:22:19 +0100 >> >> >> >> +qXfer:exec-file:read >> >> + Return the pathname of the file that was executed to create a >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> > "the name of the file" >> > >> > OK with this change. >> > >> >> +@item qXfer:exec-file:read:@var{annex}:@var{offset},@var{length} >> >> +@anchor{qXfer executable filename read} >> >> +Return the pathname of the file that was executed to create a process >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> > Likewise. >> > >> > Otherwise, the documentation parts are OK. >> >> "the name of the file" is ambiguous though. >> Is it the full path name of the file? Or the base name? > > I don't know the answers, but if this is a "full path name", then > "the full absolute name of the file" will convey that. > >> While I realize "path" is a term associated with directories >> (paths in which to find files), "full path name" is in common >> use for complete/absolute file names. > > Yes, we just want to use the latter rather than the former. I'm curious why "full path name" is a problem though. It is such a common term.